This year 2024 is Loudwire which opens the ball of the end-of-year lists. Their new selection brings together 51 essential albums, in order of release, highlighting another exceptional year for the Rock and Metal scene.
A year marked by emblematic returns
Legendary fans were delighted this year, thanks to highly anticipated returns. Judas Priest hit hard with Invincible Shieldwhile Opeth seduced with The Last Will And Testamentproving that their relevance remains intact. Bruce Dickinson, for his part, shone with The Mandrake Projecta daring solo project combining experimentation and intensity.
Another highlight of 2024: From ZeroLinkin Park's first album in several years, which delighted fans. The Cure also delivered an introspective and poignant work with Songs Of A Lost World.
The collaborations also caused a sensation, notably that between Liam Gallagher and John Squire, whose eponymous album delighted those nostalgic for the 90s and showed their musical alchemy intact.
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The next generation continues to shine
The year 2024 was also marked by more recent artists and groups on the rise. Knocked Loose impressed with You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed Toa brutal and captivating album. Alpha Wolf has consolidated its place among the big names of Metalcore with Half Living Thingswhile SeeYouSpaceCowboy continued to innovate with Coup De Grace.
On the Death Metal side, notable releases like Dark Superstition de Gatecreeper, The Underworld Awaits Us All of Nile, and Absolute Elsewhere by Blood Incantation have proven that the genre continues to reinvent itself. These albums captivate both new fans and longtime followers.
Discover the selection of Loudwire
Here is the complete list of the 51 essential rock and metal albums of 2024:
- Green Day – Saviors
- Alkaline Trio – Blood, Hair, And Eyeballs
- Caligula’s Horse – Charcoal Grace
- Static-X – Project: Regeneration Vol. 2
- Hulder – Verses In Oath
- Laura Jane Grace – Hole In My Head
- Ihsahn – Ihsahn
- Bruce Dickinson – The Mandrake Project
- Liam Gallagher & John Squire – Liam Gallagher & John Squire
- Judas Priest – Invincible Shield
- The Black Crowes – Happiness Bastards
- Scott Stapp – Higher Power
- Sum 41 – Heaven :x: Hell
- WristMeetRazor – Degeneration
- Alpha Wolf – Half Living Things
- The Black Keys – Ohio Players
- Erra – Cure
- High On Fire – Cometh The Storm
- Pearl Jam – Dark Matter
- SeeYouSpaceCowboy – Coup De Grace
- Darkthrone – It Beckons Us All…….
- Return To Dust – Return To Dust
- Frank Turner – Undefeated
- Knocked Loose – You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To
- Unleash The Archers – Phantoma
- Marty Friedman – Drama
- Gatecreeper – Dark Superstition
- Kerry King – From Hell I Rise
- Bring Me The Horizon – Post Human: NeX GEn
- Candy – It’s Inside You
- Crypt Sermon – The Stygian Rose
- 200 Stab Wounds – Manual Manic Procedures
- Nothing More – Carnal
- Tim Montana – Savage
- Speed – Only One Mode
- Jack White – No Name
- Powerwolf – Wake Up The Wicked
- Smashing Pumpkins – Aghori Mhori Mei
- Falling In Reverse – Popular Monster
- Nile – The Underworld Awaits Us All
- Unto Others – Never, Neverland
- The Black Dahlia Murder – Servitude
- Chat Pile – Cool World
- Blood Incantation – Absolute Elsewhere
- Drug Church – Prude
- Jerry Cantrell – I Want Blood
- Devin Townsend – PowerNerd
- The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World
- Linkin Park – From Zero
- Body Count – Merciless
- Opeth – The Last Will And Testament
To discover the details of each album, go to the official website of Loudwire via this link.
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